My Silly, Sweet Wife

At this moment, the Great Elder suddenly lost his voice and exclaimed, "Sect Master? He, he is the Sect Master?"

"Hmm?" Ye Guichen raised his eyebrows. "He is the Sect Master?"

Ye Guichen scrutinized the human-monster creature, disbelief clear in his eyes.

The Great Elder's old tears were flowing as he looked at the human-monster creature, nodding continuously. "It's the Sect Master. It seems the Sect Master's cultivation led to a deviation, fearing he might harm us, he locked himself up before the deviation occurred."

With these words, the Great Elder fell to his knees with a thud, constantly kowtowing towards the Sect Master. "Sect Master, Sect Master, I've come to see you."

The human-monster creature, which initially wanted to retreat, hesitated for a moment upon hearing the Great Elder's voice. It glanced back at the Great Elder, then quickly hid itself back in the side cave.

Although Ye Guichen suspected something might have happened to the Sect Master, he didn't expect the Sect Master would suffer a deviation and lock himself up.

Judging by the looks of it, the Sect Master seemed to have transformed into a half-human, half-monster creature, losing his consciousness.

The act of locking himself away proves his respectability.

"Great Elder, wait here, I'll go take a look." Ye Guichen finished speaking and was about to head inward but was grabbed by the Great Elder. "Young Master, what do you intend to do?"

The Great Elder stared at Ye Guichen, shaking his head incessantly. "Don't kill him, please don't. Although he's suffered a deviation, he's dedicated his heart and soul to the Dan God Sect. If possible, let him stay here. I'm begging you."

Ye Guichen furrowed his brows. "Rest assured, I won't kill him. I just want to confirm what's happening to him."

Shaking off the Great Elder's hand, Ye Guichen stepped into the side cave.

The side cave was relatively small, only about sixty to seventy meters.

The limbs of the human-monster creature were tightly chained to the walls.

Upon seeing Ye Guichen enter, the human-monster creature roared and pounced at Ye Guichen again.

Its strength was not inferior to that of the sixth-ranked monster beast earlier.

Nowadays, Ye Guichen could naturally handle a sixth-ranked monster beast without issue.

He swiftly stowed away the Immortal Slayer Sword, merely dodging.

The human-monster creature lunged relentlessly, yet each time, Ye Guichen evaded its attacks.

After charging for quite some time, the human-monster creature couldn't even touch Ye Guichen's sleeve and, in the end, found itself unable to move.

Looking down, the human-monster creature discovered its limbs had been tightly entangled by chains, rendering it completely immobile.

Only then did Ye Guichen have the opportunity to inspect this side cave.

Aside from a pill furnace, everything else was basically destroyed.

The pill furnace lay overturned to one side, almost covered in cobwebs.

Ye Guichen sighed, squatting before the human-monster creature.

The creature roared and bellowed, wanting to claw and bite Ye Guichen, but its body was bound with chains, leaving it unable to budge.

Ye Guichen merely stared at the human-monster creature.

According to the Ghost Path Codex, whether human or animal, all possess their own souls.

Humans have three souls and seven spirits, being primates, which is why they're smart and cultivation is relatively easy.

Animals, however, only have incomplete souls. Slightly smarter creatures like orangutans or monkeys have only two souls and five spirits, whereas other animals have even fewer souls, making cultivation extremely difficult.

For this reason, some people's minds aren't bright, even foolish at times, due to certain reasons causing damage to their souls.

Some high-level wizards can heal by summoning souls and the like, using this principle.

If the human-monster creature in front is truly the Sect Master, it's very likely he suffered a deviation during cultivation.

The cause of deviation is nothing but the powerful force harming his soul, leading his self-awareness to collapse, becoming a walking corpse, much like beasts.

Therefore, if one can find a way to repair his soul, he can regain his intelligence and revert to his original state as Sect Master.

But soul repair isn't simple, requiring many heavenly treasures.

The Ghost Path Codex records that one of the most important heavenly treasures for soul repair is called the Nine-Colored Lotus.

However, Ye Guichen has never even heard of this thing, how could he find it?

Moreover, if there truly exists such a treasure as the Nine-Colored Lotus in this world, surely stronger individuals covet it, where's his share?

Therefore, the urgent task at hand is to find a way to ascertain what the Sect Master has truly experienced. If all else fails, he can only leave him here, to fend for himself.

"Look into my eyes." Although Ye Guichen had just spoken a bit from the Ghost Path Codex, he's not bad at matters like soul summoning and extracting clues from someone else's soul.

This move is known as Empathy.

It allows two souls to temporarily merge, allowing one to see the other's experiences, almost as if putting oneself in their place.

At the same time.

The news of Hu Lu's death reached King Qin's ears.

Hu Lu's body was brought to the Qin Camp by Ren Wobai. The people at the Qin Camp didn't dare delay, hastily sending the corpse to King Qin.

King Qin, a middle-aged man with slightly dark skin.

He gazed at Hu Lu's body, a frighteningly gloomy expression on his face.

In the great hall, the civil and military officials were eerily quiet, not daring to make a sound.

King Qin had many strong men under his command, yet masters like Hu Lu, who had reached the eighth level of Qi Refinement, were as rare as hen's teeth.

The death of one was a heavy blow to King Qin.

Especially seeing Hu Lu's head severed, his expression of disbelief and terror before dying seemed a provocation to King Qin.

"How did General Hu die?" After a long time, King Qin looked up at the Qin soldiers who had carried Hu Lu's body.

One of the Qin soldiers paled.

He was one of the few who managed to escape from the foot of the Dan God Sect's mountain.

Now, he felt as if he'd survived a disaster.

Having witnessed Ye Guichen's massacre with his own eyes and his companions slaughtered by the Dan God Sect, the memories still left him fearful, plagued by nightmares.

"King Qin, a self-proclaimed Son of Nether Emperor from the Dan God Sect killed General Hu."

Following this, he dared not conceal a single detail, recounting the incident completely.

"What? Son of Nether Emperor?"

Upon hearing these four words, not only did King Qin react, but the expressions of others changed slightly.

"How did the Son of Nether Emperor suddenly appear at the Dan God Sect?"

"Indeed, according to those sent there, the kid's cultivation wasn't high. How could he possibly kill General Hu?"

"If this is true, we're in big trouble now."

Everyone discussed, each wearing a peculiar expression.

If the Son of Nether Emperor could be controlled, it would surely be a brilliant move.

Yet now, the Son of Nether Emperor has jumped off the chessboard, unexpectedly showing up at the Dan God Sect, feeling uncontrollable.

King Qin pondered for a long time, then seized the Qin soldier who spoke. "Did you hear clearly? Is he really the Son of Nether Emperor?"

"King Qin, I dare not lie, I heard it clearly, very clearly."

King Qin threw the Qin soldier onto the ground, his expression as stormy as if it were about to rain.

After a long while, King Qin raised his head. "I've always wanted to control the Son of Nether Emperor, even going as far as to send people to the Eternal Life Hall to fabricate a fake Son of Nether Emperor. In the past, I'd never paid attention to this kid, feeling like he was a mere ant struggling to survive. But now, it seems I was wrong. He managed to deceive everyone and reached the Dan God Sect."

"Hmph, even so, does he truly believe he can cause great waves? Issue my command, immediately send word, within ten days, eradicate the Dan God Sect, bring that so-called Son of Nether Emperor before me, dead or alive!"

Upon hearing the words, everyone was taken aback.

Then they quickly understood King Qin's intentions.

Even if the opponent is truly the Son of Nether Emperor, he must now be claimed as a fake.

Otherwise, this battle would be unjustified.

Only in this way, swiftly dealing with it, would King Qin maintain control, or eliminate him, gaining the upper hand.

"King Qin is wise!"

Everyone below the hall called out in unison.